Re: To Tweeter

Colin Douthwaite wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:39:34 GMT, Twe...@the.speaker (Tweeter) wrote:
>
> >On or about Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:46:17 +0200, joris bellenger
> ><svz...@xs4all.nl> said somethin' like
>
>
> >>>                    where are Tweeter's draaaaaawings...
> >>>                              \          dunno, just can't see any...
> >>>                                  ____       ____  /
> >>>                        <----    = =\\\     o o\\\
> >>>                                /<   c     /<   c
> >>>                    ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
> >>>                   /(- /(\_\________   \     '\_/   \
> >>>                   \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
> >>>                   /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |
> >>>                                 |     _\   | |   |  \
> >>>                                 //\____|   | //\_|  |
> >>>                                /-,---/     |/-,--|__|
> >>>                               / /   _)     / /   /(
> >>>                              / /    /     / /    \ )_
> >>>                             ( (    <     ( (    < \\
> >>>                              \ \    \     \ \    \
> >>>                               \ \    |     \ \    |
> >>>                                \_\____\     \_\____\
> >>>                               ___\_\_\     ___\_\_\
> >>>                              ((((,,,,o)   ((((,,,,o) . ..  b'ger
>
> >Now that's cute!  I mean it sincerely.  Any moron can swear and scream
> >and threaten, but for your flame pointing out my lack of contribution
> >here you chose an on-topic gentle nudge.  I respect that.  Was it
> >drawn for this occasion?  Please listen:  This is not sarcasm.
>
> I also think that picture is brilliant and I have to confess that I have
> used it many times in the past and changed the wording to suit the
 occasion.


> The latest Stein Wars have however made me realise one thing...diddling
> other people's pictures in any way at all has the potential to provoke
> flames.


> It doesn't bother me. Diddling is fun. Diddling must stay!

The diddling which was encouraged in the early days was mainly to 
give encouragement for newbies to make a start on picture making
by some simple changes to a previous small picture of say a cat, dog, 
rabbit et al, before going on to doing whole pictures of their own.


Nowadays diddles have to be assessed for the motive, content and 
overall purpose of any changes made.  Modern diddles have purposes 
other than helping newbies get a start. They can range from intended
enhancements and corrections to malicious and denigratory changes to 
make a point or express an opinion.

So...nowadays...there are diddles and diddles...and some diddles are
no longer readly acceptable.

I have used your wonderful "nosee" drawing many times to make a 
point to someone who did not seem to be seeing things correctly.

In hindsight I think I was not justified in diddling that picture's
content and/or text to make those points. OK you do not and did not
object but you could have objected and could quite rightly have done so.

Actually that is what Casso does...he objects to anything he does 
not like being done to, or said about, his Steins which he has 
claimed are copyright and, anything else which appears that look 
even remotely like his Steins, including diddles, he claims become 
his copyright too.  

Later,

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